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OHARLES J. NESBITT, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters PatentNo. 96,269, dated October 26, 1869.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LAWRENCE ROY, of Plattsburg, in the county of Clinton, and State of Missouri, have invented a new and improvedProcess for Treatment of Cancers; and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same.

. This invention and discovery relates toan improvement in the treatment of'cancerous diseases; and consists in the use of the substances and compositions in the manner hereinalter-described.

In the first ,place, 1 apply one or more-plasters of caustic potash, in the .form or ofthe consistency of a thick paste, which paste may be prepared by boiling down the lye o'f wood-ashes, or in any other suitable manner. Three or four. of these plasters may be necessary, applied one after-the other, 'at intervals of from lifteento twentyminutes, (thoroughly cleansing the aficcted part at each application) until the cancer becomes a black or bloody mass or lump.

After the cancer has been brought to this condition by means of the above applications, and again thoroughlycleansed, I apply a poult-ice 'made from the A-rulic rucemosa, or Amerimn spikenard root, mixed with a suliicient quantity of sweet milk or cream tow form a soft and'pleasant poultice.

After applying this poultice twice-a day for a few days, the cancer will'come out; but during the appli-v cation a powder is used, (sprinkled upon the poultice and'around the cancer,) composed as follows:

One tublespoonful of chloride of sodium, (common salt,) well burned, combined with three other ingredients, (each equal to one-third the bulk of the salt,) namely, alum, saltpetre, and copper-as, the whole being well powdered and mixed together.

Alter the cancer is removed, cover the cavity well with the powder, and apply another poultice of spikeuard and sweet milk, and allow it to remain twelve hours, I or thereahofits. Remove the poulticc and cleanse the sore "with castile-soap and water. Then apply linen-lint suiiicien't to fill the cavity.

The lint is thoroughly saturated with whiskey and honey, and is applied twice a day until the sore is healed. I

The powder may be applied occasionally as the sore is dressed with .the saturated lint.

Apply no oil or grease of any kind.

In obstinate or extreme cases of cancer, (especially cancer of the breast,) instead of using the potash-application described in the first part of the. process, I make use of a lead-powder, composed as follows:

Melt four ounces of lead in a closed essel, and pour the liquid-metal upon from one and a half to two ounces of sulphur. Shake the compound until it becomes'a powder.

After it is cool, make three'or four applications of the. powder to the cancered breast, or as niany applications aswill bring the cancer to the condition before stated, that is, presenting the appearance of a black,

bloody lump. When itis brought to this stage, pursue the treatment with the poultice and powder before described.- Each leadpowder application should not be allowed to remain over about one-half hour, and the part should bethoroughly cleansed at each removal.

A healing-salve, stained with blue vitriol, may he used whcu the spikenard-poultice is not efl'ective in removing the cancer.

Tlaving thus described my invention,

'1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-r 1. The combination of a. caustic-potash plaster, a spikenard-poultice, and a powder formed of salt, salt-v petre, alum, and copper-as, each'oi said three instruinentalities being prepared and applied at the times and in the manner hcreinbefore specified,for the treatment of cancer.

2. A compound formed of lead andsulphur, in the respective proportions of two to one, and made to coinj bins in the manner set forth, for the purpose of drawing cancers to a head, in the manner described. 3. A compound formed of burnt com mon salt, alum,

saltpetre, and copperas, in the respective proportions of 3, 1, l, 1, all mixed arid prepared in the form of a powder, as specified, for the purpose of loosening the cancer in its socket.

his LAWRENCE X ROY.

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Witnesses:

OHAs. INGLES,

ALEX. S. HARE. 

